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1. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
4. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
8. An engineering university in Cambridge.
11. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
13. The cry made by sheep.
14. Offering fun and gaiety.
16. 100 puls equal 1 afghani.
17. A young woman making her debut into society.
18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
19. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public.
21. The branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively.
22. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
24. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitressin) and also by nerve endings in the hypothalamus.
25. A software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
26. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
33. The United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data.
37. A plant lacking a permanent woody stem.
43. Being nine more than ninety.
44. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
46. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
47. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
49. A public promotion of some product or service.
51. God of love and erotic desire.
52. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
53. (Scottish) Bluish-black or gray-blue.
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1. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
2. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
3. A deep bow.
4. A Russian river.
5. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
6. Small ornamental ladies' bag for small articles.
7. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
8. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
9. The United Nations agency concerned with atomic energy.
10. A sock with a separation for the big toe.
15. Squash bugs.
20. A doctor's degree in optometry.
23. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
27. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
28. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
29. A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures).
31. A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses.
32. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
34. Joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia.
35. A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific.
36. Having undesirable or negative qualities.
38. A small cake leavened with yeast.
39. English monk and scholar (672-735).
40. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
41. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
42. A member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York.
45. Tag the base runner to get him out.
48. Before noon.
50. A metallic element having four allotropic forms.
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